Chiefs 2015: Saying goodbye is always hardest part
By Brandon Fry
It’s over. The 2015 Kansas City Chiefs season has ended earlier than many had hoped as the team fell to the New England Patriots 27-20 at Gillette Stadium.
Lots of Kansas City fans watched a game go much differently than we envisioned as Tom Brady stayed in a clean pocket most of the afternoon and picked apart the Chiefs throwing 302 yards, two touchdowns, and rushed for another score.
Brady who many consider the greatest quarterback of all time remained historically good and in playoff form just being one step ahead of anything Kansas City tried to throw at him.
Brady’s performance was very impressive, but in some ways it was equally impressive that the Chiefs were never completely out of the game. In fact, Kansas City could have won this game but there were several squandered opportunities that just allowed New England to control the lead for the entire game.
This is a testament to how good of a coaching staff (despite the clock management) the Chiefs have and how deep they are at many positions. If you would have told me at the beginning of the season that Kansas City would go to the playoffs and lose by only seven points without NFL stars in Justin Houston, Jeremy Maclin, and Jamaal Charles, names would have been called.
Yet, that’s how the story of the 2015 Chiefs ended. A team that more or less ran out of bullets but never quit no matter how bad it got. A team that put the league on notice after starting 1-5 and making the playoffs that they would lay down for no one.
A team that maybe if healthy could have won in New England and represented the AFC in the Super Bowl.
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